Hoxie placed 2nd at last year's Beloit Invitational (ahead of Manhattan and behind Clay Center) - without the services of three varsity wrestlers that weekend (Charlie Ochs 112, Matt Schippers 130 and Doug Campbell 152). All were sophomores last year - BUT Ochs placed 3rd at state as a freshman and 4th as a sophomore, Schippers placed 5th at state as a freshman and 3rd as a sophomore and Campbell wrestled varsity as a freshman (at 152) and placed 5th at state as a sophomore!

The scary thing is that Hoxie is projected to be even better this year.

Seth - one would have to question your awareness of Kansas wrestling here. In a separate post you indicated that you had never heard of Jake Strait (a 2x state champ from Concordia who is looking for his third title this year). And your statement under this post is quite suspect.

Hoxie competes in the NWKL, as do two perennial 4A powers Goodland and Colby. Hoxie also fares quite well against all comers at the Beloit Invitational, Goodland Holiday Classic and Colby Dual Tournament each year.

Ask Liberal, Shawnee Heights, Washburn Rural, Colby, Norton, Goodland, Oakley, Abilene, Clay Center, Scott City, Concordia, Kapaun, Manhattan, Effingham, Ellsworth, Salina South and Dodge City (to name a few of the larger schools and tougher teams Hoxie faced last year). I strongly suspect they will disagree with your opinion on this one.